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Hearing Aide: Lettuce “Mt. Crushmore”
Last month, the jam scene’s funk favorites, Lettuce, released a new EP, titled Mt. Crushmore. While still holding…
Hearing Aide: Chicago Farmer “Midwest Side Stories”
Chicago Farmer recently released his seventh studio album, Midwest Side Stories, which debuted on September 30,…
Hearing Aide: Azure Hiptronics ‘Ignacio’
Ignacio, the fourteen-track, third studio album recorded by Netherlands band, Azure Hiptronics, never leaves a…
Hearing Aide: Childish Gambino ‘Awaken, My Love!’
It’s a cultivation of everything interesting about music. There’s no other way to describe it because there are…
Hearing Aide: Root Shock ‘Root Shock’
It's been a long time coming for Syracuse roots soul reggae group Root Shock to finally lay down some tracks…
Hearing Aide: Eastern Electric ‘Suburban Daydreams’
Eastern Electric, alternative indie rock from Guilderland, NY, put out their latest album, Suburban Daydreams, on…
Hearing Aide: Mike Powell “Tied to the Rail”
Singer/songwriter Mike Powell has no shortage of inspiration for writing music. Raised in the foothills of the…
Best of NYS Music 2016: Staff and Reader Picks for Albums of the Year
In NYS Music tradition, as we count down the final days of 2016, we reminisce about the hours we've spent obsessing…
Hearing Aide: The Black Clouds ‘After All’
Like many music lovers, I spend a lot of time seeking new artists. Although, the Black Clouds are not new,…
Hearing Aide: A Tribe Called Quest “We got it from Here… Thank You 4…
Nostalgia has taken over modern pop culture. Star Wars and Ghostbusters are back in theaters, Dave Chappelle guest…
Hearing Aide: Chris Robinson Brotherhood ‘If You Lived Here, You Would Be…
It has been a trying year for the music community. Times like these are when we seek comfort. Comfort can often be…
Hearing Aide: Greensky Bluegrass’ “Shouted, Written Down &…
Bluegrass is generally known for its solid Americana roots, sans drums, crammed with banjo licks, crisp acoustic…
Hearing Aide: The Nth Power “To Be Free – Live”
The Nth Power’s latest release To Be Free - Live is exuberantly funky, bursting with spirituality, and clearly on a…
Hearing Aide: Haewa “There Is No History”
Haewa’s, There Is No History, offers a wide assortment of songs, encompassing a range of 90s grunge and jam band…
Hearing Aide: Tweed “The Chunky Life”
The Chunky Life, a five song album from Philadelphia band Tweed combines classic synth parts, powerful vocals, and…
Hearing Aide: Spiritual Rez “Setting in the West”
This is not just a reggae album. This group of Boston, Massachusetts dwellers have created an in depth and diverse…
Hearing Aide: Balsam Range, “Mountain Voodoo”
Nestled between the Great Smokies, where the Blue Ridge unites, life is hard but comforting like a cool mountain…
Hearing Aide: Ali Carter “Songs of Longing”
Ali Carter, singer and songwriter originally from Sydney, Australia has relocated to Brooklyn with the hope of…
Hearing Aide: Communist Daughter ‘The Cracks that Built the Wall’
It’s a pretty phenomenal album, but only when there is a fairly deep understanding and sympathy for who wrote this…
Hearing Aide: Bon Iver “22, A Million”
Five years since the release of Bon Iver, Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon shares yet another piece of his artwork with our…